2022温州瑞安中学高二下学期期初测试英语试题含答案

瑞安中学高二第二学期高二期初考英语学科试题卷

本试卷分为第Ⅰ卷（选择题）和第Ⅱ卷（非选择题）两部分，共150分，考试时间120分钟。请考生按规定用笔将所有试题的答案填写在答题纸上。

第Ⅰ卷（选择题共95分）

第一部分听力（共两节，满分30分）

第一节（共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分）

听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。

1. What is Dave going to do tomorrow?

A. Go camping.B. Take a test. C. Write an essay.

2. What is Olivia doing?

A. She’s reading job ads.B. She’s editing a paper. C. She’s watching the news.

3. What are the speakers talking about?

A. Teaching methods.B. Online learning. C. English culture.

4. What does the man suggest the woman do?

A. Check the websites. B. Change to a new airline.C. Book a ticket in advance.

5. Why is the woman unhappy with Jason?

A. He broke a company rule.B. He was absent from work.C. He lost an important report.

第二节（共15小题，每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）

听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。

听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。

6. Where are the speakers going to have a picnic?

A. On the beach.B. By the lake. C. In the woods.

7. What will the woman probably do after the picnic?

A. Go swimming. B. Do some reading.C. Ride a bike.

听第7段材料，回答第8至9题。

8. What is the woman’s major now?

A. Political science.B. Psychology.C. Biology.

9. What makes the woman change her mind?

A. Extra classes.B. Delays in graduation. C. Difficult exams.

听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。

10. Why will Mark go to California?

A. To train a new manager.B. To do a sales analysis.C. To open a branch store.

11. How long will Mark’s work probably take in California?

A. Two days. B. One week. C. Two weeks.

12. Who might go to California with Mark?

A. Peter. B. Jack. C. Lisa.

听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。

13. What is Susan doing?

A. She’s teaching geography.

B. She’s introducing an art form.

C. She’s conducting an interview.

14. What is Charlie?

A. A writer.B. A researcher.C. A photographer.

15. How did the Amazon people react to Charlie’s visit?

A. Defensively.B. Sympathetically. C. Angrily.

16. What does Charlie want to show through his works?

A. The natural beauty of the Amazon.

B. The damage done to the rainforests.

C. The happy side of the local life.

听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17 Why is the plan for the visitors changed?

A. Lack of time.B. Bad weather.C. Budget cuts.

18. What does the speaker say about the museums at South Kensington?

A. They are free on Thursdays.

B. They are close to each other.

C. They are open on different days.

19 When will the speaker probably leave the National History Museum?

A. At 1 pm.B. At 3 pm.C. At 6 pm.

20. What is the last stop of the tour?

A. The National Gallery. B. The Science Museum.C. Victoria and Albert Museum.

第二部分阅读理解（共两节，满分35分）

第一节（共10个小题；每小题2.5分，满分25分）

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该项涂黑。

A

My parents immigrated to the U.S. from Guangdong, a province in southern China. The jobs they found in hot kitchens and clothing factories came with long hours, leaving them no time to learn English. So I spent most of my childhood, in Brooklyn, speaking Cantonese, the only language my parents understand. But as I continued my education, I gradually, or deliberately avoided using Cantonese. And as a result, Cantonese avoided me. As it slips from my memory, I also lose my ability to communicate with my parents. For years I have to rely on translation apps and online dictionaries for most of our conversations.

Actually, we speak on the phone only once a week and the conversations are much the same: “Have you eaten yet?” my father asks in Cantonese. Long pause. “No, not yet. You?” I reply. “Why not? It’s so late, my mother cuts in. Long pause.” Remember to drink more water and wear a mask outside.” she continues. “OK. You too.” Longest pause. “We’ll stop bothering you, then.” At age thirty-two, I feel like someone they know instead of their daughter.

On my mom’s sixty-fourth birthday, at the peak of the pandemic, I became increasingly aware of the limited amount of time together. Did I really want to spend the rest of our lives with a language barrier between us? I made it a goal to relearn Cantonese, and, ultimately, rebuild the relationship with my parents. I take Cantonese classes. I watch Wong Kar-wai movies. I repeat Maggie Cheung’s words over and over until I get the tones just right. But, most of all, I call my parents and try to have more meaningful conversations with them, no matter how challenging it gets. Though Cantonese no longer feels natural for me to speak, it will always be my first language---even if it takes a lifetime for us to know each other.

1. How does the author relearn Cantonese?

A. By asking her parents to teach her. B. By using translation apps and dictionaries.

C. By reading Maggie Cheung’s books. D. By taking classes and watching movies.

2. What is the problem with the author and her parents?

A. They find nothing to communicate. B. They speak different languages.

C. They grew up in different cultures. D. They know too much about each other.

3. What can we learn from the author’s experience?

A. Language matters in communication. B. Cantonese counts more than English.

C. It’s never too late to learn a language. D. Call your parents before it’s too late.

B

The spiders have long, scary legs. Some spiders even bite. But Spider-Man is another story. He might help people see spiders less negatively, a new study finds.

After Menachem Ben-Ezra, a proud fan of the Marvel films and also a psychologist, saw the movie Ant-Man and the Wasp(黄蜂), he walked out with a sudden scientific idea that he should measure people before they went into the theater, and afterwards to see if the fear of ants would be reduced or changed.

Ben-Ezra and his colleagues asked 424 people questions, about one-quarter of them about spiders, such as “Did you find them scary?” “Did seeing one make your hearts race and palms sweat?” A second group received similar questions, this time about ants. The last two groups got the same questions about other insects. Afterward, everyone watched videos. Group one got a Spider-Man movie. Group two saw Ant-Man and the Wasp. Groups three and four watched unrelated video---wheat waving peacefully in the breeze.

After viewing the movie, Ben-Ezra again asked the participants how they felt about spiders, ants or other insects in general---and found the ant and spider exposures seemed to make people insensitive and less afraid. Between 3.5 and 6.1 percent of people experience such a phobia(恐惧症) of spiders. Phobias can stop people from traveling, working and enjoying their lives.

Ben-Ezra hopes that their movie research might help people with phobias. But they caution that people with phobias shouldn’t just run out and watch movies and expect their fear to go away. “What we did is only the first step in a very long road,” Ben-Ezra says. “We didn’t say you’ll be cured. We don’t have evidence for that.” But eventually, presenting people’s fears in a positive context---such as a superhero movie---might help people surmount their fear or disgust. After all, if spiders produce Spider-Man, maybe they’re not so bad.

4. What method did Ben-Ezra use in his study?

ABy giving examples. B. By asking questions.

C. By analyzing causes. D. By making assumptions.

5. What does the underlined word “surmount” in the last paragraph mean?

A. Overcome. B. Subscribe. C. Intervene. D. Estimate.

6. What did Ben-Ezra advise people to do with phobias?

A. They should travel, work and enjoy their lives.

B. They should keep their phobias of insects a secret.

C. They should adopt a positive attitude to their fear.

D. They should watch more super-hero Marvel movies.

7. What is the best title for this passage?

A. The Insect Phobia Cured with Wasp. B. The Positive Energy of Superheroes.

C. Spider-Man’s Spider Fear. D. Fighting Spider Fear with Spider-Man.

C

On Sept 15, 2021, the night sky in Cape Canaveral, Florida, US, lit up and the rumble (隆隆声) of engines of a 70-meter-tall Falcon 9 rocket set off car alarms. Atop that rocket was a group of four civilians in a SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft prepared to make history.

This is the first mission to Earth’s orbit crewed (当工作人员) entirely by tourists, or those not professionally trained as astronauts. For three days, the four civilians aboard the spacecraft traveled in orbit around Earth as part of the mission dubbed (被称为) Inspiration 4. The name of the mission itself is fitting.

In late 2020, the mission leader Jared Isaacman, a billionaire tech entrepreneur, announced that he would like to fund a spaceflight that differed from other billionaire space journeys. His would be part of an effort to raise funds for St Jude Children’s Hospital.

“He knew he would be using those seats to carry out his mission objective of inspiring humanity while raising money for children’s cancer research,” Scientific American wrote. In addition to Issacman, the crew included 29-year-old Hayley Arceneux, who is not only a childhood cancer survivor, but a current St. Jude physician assistant; Sin Procotor, 51, a geologist and community college teacher; and Chris Sembroski, a 42-year-old lifelong space fan who got his seat through an online raffle (抽奖活动), CNN reported.

This particular Dragon spacecraft did not visit the International Space Station, but it did reach 590 kilometers above Earth. This is “higher than the current orbit of the Hubble Space Telescope, an altitude that humans haven’t reached since the Hubble servicing missions during the space shuttle program”.

While there is certainly a long way to go before SpaceX achieves its goal of ferrying civilians to Mars at an accessible price, this mission is definitely making its mark on space travel---all for a good cause. According to CNN, at a press briefing on Sept 14, Sembroski told reporters that joining the Inspiration4 mission felt like “we’re writing the rules, we’re breaking a couple of them that NASA used to demand...We get to kind of do things our own way.”

8. What does the article tell us about Inspiration 4?

A. It’s the first mission to take four people to Earth’s orbit.

B. It aims to reach the orbit of the Hubble Space Telescope.

C. It is crewed by both tourists and professional astronauts.

D. It aims to inspire people and raise funds for a hospital

9. What is a disadvantage of SpaceX?

A. Its price. B. Its equipment.

C. Its carrying capacity. D. Its highest flight altitude.

10. What’s the main purpose of the article?

A. To encourage civilians to travel to space.

B. To report on a significant journey to space.

C. To introduce the development of Inspiration4.

D. To present the advantages of the Dragon spacecraft.

第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）

根据短文内容，从短文后选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。其中有两项为多余选项。

Many people find bats frightening creatures. They have incredibly odd habits-like sleeping upside down, staying up all night and occasional bloodsucking. ____11____ .

We characterize bats as supernatural.  ____12____ . It's for that ability to "see" with their ears that bats are perhaps most well-known-that, and their supposed blindness, which makes echolocation（回声定位）necessary for finding and feeding on fruits and insects and other small animals. ____13____ ? What if being "as blind as a bat" just meant, well, being able to see perfectly well?

Contrary to what most people believe, bats are generally not blind at all and in fact are believed to have eyesight keener than that of most humans. Because they hunt mostly in the dead of night, when lighting conditions are, of course, very dark, bats rely on echolocation to pinpoint exact locations of prey. ____14____ . Instead, a bat's eyes, far from useless, are accustomed to low-light conditions to better aid in finding prey and are enhanced by their super hearing power.  Being as blind as a bat doesn't sound so bad now, does it?

____15____ . However, there are six species of bats that don't hang upside down. For most bats, their feet have evolved to be relaxed in a clenched position. When they're ready to fly, they let go and gain force from falling, since their little legs and wings can't give them the kind of lift birds get.

A. Most people also believe all bats hang upside down

B. This ability does not, however, require or have any connection to blindness

C. But you may not actually know as much about bats as you think

D. Another myth with bats is that they have no feet

E. That's no surprise with their talent for echolocation

F. But what if the most basic truth you've been told about bats was not true

G. Here are some possible reasons why they are so scary

第三部分语言运用（共两节，满分45分）

第一节完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该项涂黑。

When I first married, we only had a car for work. I worked earlier so my husband ___16___ me off and waited until work time. In the afternoon, I would ___17___ three miles to his workplace and we returned together.

One day, while waiting for him in the car, I saw the ___18___ woman I had ever seen off the movie screen driving a fancy car. She looked like Liz Taylor. Our eyes made ___19___ and she smiled at me. She was wearing a blue shirt that just ___20___ her car. It was all I could do to ___21___. Then, a nice-looking man came and they left.

Sitting there in my jeans I wanted to ___22___. How could some people ___23___ it all? In the following weeks, it became almost a ___24___ to see her. She seemed ____25____ and always waved in a big smile. My ____26____ lingered(逗留) long after she drove away. I had always ____27____ to see her full length. Finally, I could see very well as she walked very ____28____ with a walking stick. The lady had a prosthesis(义肢)!

I couldn’t watch any more because tears were ____29____ me. For weeks, I’d envied this woman ____30____ I had been able to walk three miles! I told my husband about the ____31____ and he said he knew her story. Both of her parents were killed in an accident and she was ____32____ injured at only 12.

Suddenly, I realized how ____33____ I was to have my parents, the ability to walk and many wonderful things. When you meet a person who seems much ____34____ off than you, don’t be fooled. Looks can be ____35____.

16. A. picked B. got C. dropped D. left

17. A. cover B. run C. drive D. move

18. A. richest B. prettiest C. kindest D. proudest

19. A. connection B. mixture C. communication D. contact

20. A. agreed B. fit C. suited D. matched

21. A. see B. stare C. glare D. spy

22. A. cry B. laugh C. drink D. sing

23. A. seize B. leave C. have D. catch

24. A. habit B. routine C. must D. rule

25. A. modest B. friendly C. energetic D. positive

26. A. love B. wonder C. heart D. envy

27. A. desired B. planned C. decided D. liked

28. A. calmly B. hurriedly C. slowly D. quickly

29. A. blinding B. flooding C. choking D. drowning

30. A. before B. as C. while D. when

31. A. lady B. couple C. girl D. mother

32. A. terribly B. rarely C. slightly D. hardly

33. A. excited B. delightful C. lucky D. nice

34. A. better B. worse C. wealthier D. greater

35. A. disappointing B. misleading C. amusing D. pleasing

第Ⅱ卷（非选择题共55分）

第三部分语言运用（共两节，满分45分）

第二节语法填空（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）

语法填空

On February 1st, 2022, over a billion people in China, especially ___36___ working away from the hometown, found their way home to observe the Chinese New Year, also known as the Spring Festival. The ancient tradition ___37___ (date) back to the ancient time with the objective of driving away “Nian”, ___38___ man-eating wild monster, by numerous ___39___ (careful) designed means, from hanging spring couplets ___40___ setting off firecrackers.

___41___ (consider) the most important meal of the year for ages, the reunion dinner is both delicious and rooted in Chinese tradition: a whole chicken symbolizes family togetherness, ___42___ long uncut noodles show longevity (长寿). When having the reunion feast, children receive red envelopes filled with money and ___43___ (inspire) messages from elders, ___44___ represents their expectations for their offspring. More excitingly, parents allow their children, usually watching the Spring Festival Gala and admiring fireworks shows together, ____45____ (stay) up all night to enjoy the big celebration.

The two-week long celebrations will end on February 15th ---the day of the full moon---with the Lantern Festival.

第四部分写作（共两节，满分40分）

第一节应用文写作（满分15分）

46. 昨天你参加了你校举行的一年一度的“美食嘉年华（Foodie Carnival）”活动，请给英语报写一篇宣传稿，内容包括：

1.活动目的；2.活动内容；3.推荐参加。

注意：1.词数80左右；

2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

第二节读后续写（满分25分）

47读后续写

My school had a tradition during the ninth-grade graduation: A beautiful gold and green jacket (the school colors) was awarded to the student who had maintained the highest grades for nine years.

I had been a straight A student since the first grade and had looked forward very much to owning that jacket. My father was a farm laborer who couldn’t earn enough money to feed five children, so I was given to my grandparents to raise. There would never be a school sports jacket for us because we couldn’t afford it. This scholarship jacket was my only chance.

One day in May, I happened to overhear in the office Mr. Schmidt, my history teacher, and Mr. Boone, my math teacher arguing about me. “I refuse to do it! I don’t care who her father is; her grades can’t match Martha’s at all. I won’t lie or falsify (伪造) records.” said Mr. Schmidt angrily.

But Mr. Boone’s voice sounded calm. “Joann’s father is not only on the Board (董事会), but he owns the only store in town: we could say it was a close tie and…”

The pounding in my ears drowned out the rest of the words, only a word here and there filtered through. “…Martha is Mexican…resign … won’t do it …”

To this day I don’t remember how I made it through the rest of the afternoon. That night, I cried into my pillow so Grandmother wouldn’t hear me.

The next day when the principal called me into his office. “Martha,” he said, “There’s been a change in policy this year regarding the scholarship jacket. This year the Board has decided to charge fifteen dollars, which still won’t cover the complete cost of the jacket. So, if you are unable to pay the money for the jacket, it will be given to the next one in line.”

Standing with all the dignity I could find, I said, “I’ll speak to my grandfather about it, sir, and let you know tomorrow.” That day, I cried sadly on the walk home.

注意:

1.所续写短文的词数应为150左右；

2.至少使用5个短文中标有下划线的关键词语；

3.续写部分分为两段，每段的开头语已为你写好；

4.续写完成后，请用下划线标出你所使用的关键词语。

Paragraph 1:

By the time I got home, my eyes had been red and swollen. I found my grandpa in the beanfield.

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Paragraph 2:

I dragged into the principal’s office the next day, sad and disappointed.

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听力答案：1-5AABAA 6-10BBCBB 11-15BACCB 16-20CBBAA

【答案】1. D2. B3. A

【答案】4. B5. A6. C7. D

【答案】8. D9. A10. B

【答案】11. C12. E13. F14. B15. A

【答案】16. C17. A18. B19. D20. D21. B22. A23. C24. B25. B26. D27. A28. C29. A30. C31. A32. A33. C34. A35. B

【答案】36. those

37. dates38. a

39. carefully

40to41. Having been considered##Considered

42. while##and

43. inspiring

44. which45. to stay

【46题答案】

【答案】One possible version

Yesterday, I participated in the annual Foodie Carnival launched by our school to enrich our campus life and improve our general competence.

There were numerous activities related to tasty foods around the globe, varying from cooking dishes by ourselves to listening to a lecture on a healthy diet. What impressed us most was the cuisine cooked by each class, many being both nutritious and delicate. Furthermore, a professor from Zhejiang University delivered a lecture, from which we acquire much knowledge about eating healthily.

This carnival turned out to be a great hit. Consequently, I highly recommend you to engage in it next year! (103 words)

【47题答案】

【答案】Possible Version 1:

Paragraph 1

By the time I got home, my eyes had been red and swollen. I found my grandpa in the bean field. His back bent into an arch and his face was drowned in sweats. I calledhim, in a choked voice. Sensing something wrong, he asked me what happened withgreat concern. I murmured the principal’s words, after which Grandfather fell silent,eyes rounding in disbelief. A surge of regret gnawing at my heart, I really hated to seemy gray-haired Grandpa’s disappointment. Time ticking by, he heaved a long sigh,“My child, an award bought can’t be called an award.” I nodded understandingly. Butwho knew how reluctant and bitter I was?

Paragraph 2

I dragged into the principal’s office the next day, sad and disappointed. I knew I might never get that jacket which represented my years of hard work and expectation. However, I tried to fight back the tears, with my head still lifted with dignity. “My grandpa…won’t pay the dollars. He said if I had to pay for it, then it wouldn’t be a scholarship jacket.” There was a deafening silence. The principal looked at me, biting his lip, as if thinking. Finally, after what seemed like a century, he decided that he would make an exception for me. I could hardly believe it. Looking into his eyes, which brimmed with smiles, I stood up and bowed low to him.

Possible Version 2:

Paragraph 1

By the time I got home, my eyes had been red and swollen. I found my grandpa in the bean field. Wiping my tears and clearing my throat, I then approached mygrandfather. I said to him in a low voice with my head drooping, “The school askedme to pay the money for the jacket, can we afford it?” Stealing a glance at grandpa, Isaw him standing embarrassedly, casting a cloud of gloom over his face. I burst intomy room like a whirlwind and even didn’t wait for an answer from my grandpa yet. Isat on the bed, tears filling my eyes. Unable to control my sorrow, I didn’t fall asleepall the night.

Paragraph 2

I dragged into the principal’s office the next day, sad and disappointed. I knew The principal asked me whether I decided to make my choice. I lowered and shookmy head, “I’ll give up the scholarship jacket.” But immediately, Mr. Schmidt’s voice came into the office. He gave me a thumb-up sign to praise my high grades, saying “to encourage such a great student, I’ll pay for it!” Hearing these words, a glint ofexcitement filled my eyes. I looked at him with a bright smile, like a deer jumpingwith joy. Touched deeply, I offered my heartfelt gratitude to him. Telling him the news, he was overwhelmed with happiness and gratitude.

听力答案：1-5AABAA 6-10BBCBB 11-15BACCB 16-20CBBAA